Participating Nations
A total of 294 fencers (255 men and 39 women) from 30 nations competed at the London Games:
- Argentina (19)
- Austria (7)
- Belgium (18)
- Brazil (7)
- Canada (6)
- Chile (3)
- Colombia (2)
- Cuba (6)
- Czechoslovakia (5)
- Denmark (15)
- Egypt (9)
- Finland (6)
- France (21)
- Great Britain (19)
- Greece (6)
- Hungary (18)
- Ireland (5)
- Italy (19)
- Luxembourg (6)
- Mexico (9)
- Netherlands (9)
- Norway (5)
- Peru (3)
- Poland (7)
- Portugal (6)
- Sweden (8)
- Switzerland (19)
- Turkey (6)
- United States (20)
- Uruguay (5)
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